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By: Shaun Fluker

PDF Version: Get Ready For a Whale of a Time: Northern Gateway and Species at Risk

Decision commented on: Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

In December 2013 federal authorities recommended the construction of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to transport bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to the west coast. Professor Martin Olszynski has previously commented on Northern Gateway here, and my comment adds to his by investigating in particular how species at risk factor into the Northern Gateway report. But prior to getting there, I can’t resist a few general remarks.

Alberta Government Considers Strategies to Address Bullying—Is Legislation the Answer?

By Linda McKay-Panos

On February 4, 2014

In Constitutional, State Responses to Violence

By: Linda McKay-Panos

PDF Version: Alberta Government Considers Strategies to Address Bullying—Is Legislation the Answer?

Event commented on: Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association Discussion on Anti-bullying Legislation

On January 30, 2014, the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association (RMCLA) hosted a panel discussion on anti-bullying legislation in Alberta. The panel members were Sandra Jansen, Calgary-North West MLA, and Associate Minister of Family and Community Safety; Peter Brown, current Mayor of Airdrie; and Derek From, a constitutional lawyer from the Canadian Constitution Foundation.

Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Next Steps & Climate Impact

By James Coleman

On February 3, 2014

In Environmental, Oil & Gas

By: James Coleman

PDF Version: Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Next Steps & Climate Impact

Report Commented On: Keystone XL, Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

On January 31, the United States State Department issued its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, which is designed to transport oil sands bitumen from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. The environmental impact statement was issued to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., which requires agencies to consider the environmental impact of major federal actions.

Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Alberta Cases

By Admin

On January 31, 2014

In Supreme Court of Canada

By: Admin

PDF Version: Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Alberta Cases

Cases commented on: R v Alcantara, 2013 ABCA 163; R v Hanna, 2013 ABCA 134; Young v National Money Mart Company, 2013 ABCA 264

On January 30, 2014 the Supreme Court denied leave to appeal in three Alberta cases that gave rise to four separate leave applications. The Court’s summaries of the cases, and their dispositions, are below. Jonnette Watson Hamilton posted a comment on the Money Mart decision here.

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U of C and U of A Law Profs’ Submission to the Law Society of Alberta on Trinity Western University Law School

By Jennifer Koshan

On January 29, 2014

In Ethics and the Legal Profession, Human Rights, Legal Education

By Jennifer Koshan, Jonnette Watson Hamilton and Alice Woolley

PDF Version: U of C and U of A Law Profs’ Submission to the Law Society of Alberta on Trinity Western University Law School

Commented on: Letter from members of the Faculties of Law at U of C and U of A to the Law Society of Alberta

On January 28, 2014, over 30 law professors and members of affiliated institutes and centres from the University of Calgary and University of Alberta submitted a letter to the president and president-elect of the Law Society of Alberta. The purpose of the letter was “to express our concerns on the decision making process taken to date for the approval of Trinity Western University School of Law’s program and the eligibility of TWU’s graduates to become students-at-law in Alberta.” Trinity Western University (TWU) received approval from the British Columbia government on December 18, 2013 to open a law school. The school is anticipated to commence operations with its first class of 60 law students in September 2015. TWU is a private, Christian university which requires its students and staff to abide by a Community Covenant Agreement (available here). It is in this context that these concerned legal academics submitted the following letter: